Emigrant

Pavla Vitvarová, 2022

Pavla Vitvarová

* 1947

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Illegal border crossing, The Sportsmen and 1 more categories

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring

Jaroslav Vízner as a soldier

Jaroslav Vízner

* 1937 †︎ 2022

Emigrant, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship, A cultural celebrity

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

foto

Captain Adolf Vodička

* 1913 †︎ 2012

Veteran of WW2, western front, Emigrant, A 1938 – 1945 emigrant/refugee, International Brigadiers

1940 - The Battle of France, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 20. 7. 1936 - 1. 9. 1939 - civil war in Spain

Graduation

Ing. Jiří Vohralík

* 1936

Emigrant, A cultural celebrity, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, The Sportsmen, Writer

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

Hana Voisine-Jechová

Professor Hana Voisine-Jechová

* 1927 †︎ 2020

Emigrant, A cultural celebrity, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 3 more categories

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Jan Volavka in 2019

Jan Volavka

* 1934

Emigrant, Holocaust, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Scientist

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps

corporal Karel Volena - In Czechoslovak army 1947

Captain (ret.) Karel Volena

* 1923 †︎ 2013

Veteran of WW2, western front, Emigrant

1940 - The Battle of France, 5. 10. 1944 – 9 5 1945 – the siege of Dunkirk

Bronislava Volková, 1989

PhDr. Bronislava Volková

* 1946

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Witness of local events from the Communist era, University professor, Emigrant

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Václav Vondrák 1

Major (ret.) Václav Vondrák

* 1912 †︎ 2009

Veteran of WW2, western front, French Foreign Legion, Emigrant, A 1938 – 1945 emigrant/refugee

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1940 - The Battle of France, 5. 10. 1944 – 9 5 1945 – the siege of Dunkirk

High school graduation photo book / 1981

Eva Vorlíčková

* 1962

Dissident, Emigrant, Politician, Anti-communist rebel, Charter 77 signatory and 3 more categories

17. 11. 1989 - Demonstration at Národní třída, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia and 4 more anniversaries

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